The Independent has reported a dip in daily unique website users of nearly 15% in June, bringing an abrupt end to the three months of solid growth.

Independent.co.uk reported a 14.29% dive in daily unique browsers between May and June to 611,122

The website's monthly uniques fell 17.2% month-on-month fall to 12,793,451 in June, according to the latest Audit Bureau of Circulations figures published on Thursday.

This decline in web visitors marks a reversal in fortune for Independent.co.uk, which had put together a string of increases dating back to March, which briefly saw it overtake Mirror Group Digital to become the fifth-largest national newspaper website in the UK.

Mirror Group Digital, the website network that includes Mirror.co.uk, 3am.co.uk and MirrorFootball.co.uk, is now more than bigger than Independent.co.uk in terms of daily browsers.

Metro

Standard.co.uk

Daily average browsers: 132,409

Month-on-month change: -11.96%

Year-on-year: n/a

Monthly browsers: 2,934,930

Month-on-month change: -12.57%

Year-on-year: n/a

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